Two-part garment



H. KLEIN TWO -PART GARMENT Filed oct. 3o, 1922 ...l impl Xg fdm,

atented wlg l im" HENRY KLEIN, 0F CLJEVD, OHIO.

TWO-PART GAJRMENT.

Application filed October 30, 1922. 'Serial No. 597,768.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Two-Part Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to a garment which is particularly intended for use as a bathing and an athletic garment. although the usefulness of the invention is not limited to this particular class of garments. f

Generally speaking, the invention may be said to relate to a two-part garment, one part of which is adapted to engagethe .upper body portion of the wearer, and the other part of which is adapted to engage the lower body portion of the wearer. Specifically, the upper part of the garment may be considered as a shirt and the lower part of the garment may be a pair of trunks or pants or any similar garment.

rllhe object of the invention is to provide the two-part garment with interengaging parts upon each of the garments, with these interengaging parts held in a definite position by means of a securing means or member, such as a belt or sash, so that the two parts of the garment are united and secured one to the other.

A further object of the invention is to provide the interengaging and securing means in such a manner that the skirt portion of the shirt may when the garments are secured together, be on the outside of the lower garment part or upon the inside of the lower garment part.

As a specific example l may mention the use of this two-part garment in connection with a bathing suit comprising a shirt portion and trunk portion, in which the two parts of the garment may be secured to each other through the instrumentality of a belt or a sash, either with the skirt of the shirt upon the inside of the trunks or upon the outside of the trunks, thus providing in effect a one-piece bathing suit or in effect a two-piece bathing suit.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the of the upper body part of the garment is inside of the part of the garment which y clothed the lower portion of the body; Fig.

2 is a perspective View showing a human figure in whichthe upper body part of the garment has the skirt thereof upon the outside of the part of the garment which clothed the lower body part of the wearerr Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an athletic shirt embodying the present invention; Fig. t is a perspective view showing a pair of trunks embodying the present invention; Fig. 5 is a detail View showing a ypart of the construction of the garment;

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation showing the 70 manner of engagement when the skirt vof the shirt vis within the lower ibody portion of the garment; Fig. 7 is a sectional fragmentary showing of the manner of attach ment when the skirt of the shirt is without the lower portion of the garment; Figl 8 is a detailed viewV showing a. part of the waist bgnd and means for varying the size thereo In describing the invention li prefer to refer to the garment as comprising two parts, one of the parts being intended to be worn upon the upper portion of the body of the wearer, and this part may be a shirt or any similar thing, while the other part. of the garment is intended to be worn upon the body of the wearer below the waist and may -be a pair of pants, trunks, a skirt or any similar article.

'Referring to the drawings, 1 represente the upper body part of the garment, while 2 represents the lower body portion of the garment, and in the instance illustrated in the drawings, the upper body part 1 is an athletic shirt having a Skirt portion l, while the part 2 is a pair of trunks of usual construction, except in the particulars which will be hereinafter noted.

.At approximately the waist line of the shirt 1 thereare formed on the front of the 100 shirt one or more openingsor slits 3, and while not shown in the drawings, the shirt will be provided with a similar slit or slits upon the back portion of the shirt. @verlying the slits 3 are strap-like members 4l 105 which are sewed to the shirt above and below the slits 3 and normally overlia these slits. 'Ivhe skirt portion 1a of the part 1 of the garment is below the slits 3 and the straps 4.

The other part of the garment which is 110 represented by the trunks 2 is, at approximately'the waist line, provided with slits 5 in the front portion thereof and slits 6 in the back portion thereof, and each of these slits is normally covered by a strap-like member 7 which is sewed to the above and below the slits.

. These strap members are so related to the proximate slits that they may be pushed through these slits where the same is desired, as will be later explained.

In orderk to varythe size of the waist band of the lower garment part or trunks 2, the side seam may be left open and two overlapping parts 8 and 9 provided, one of these parts, for instance the part 8, is provided with a plurality of buttonholes 10, while the part 9 is provided with a plurality of buttons 11. These overlapping parts 8 and 9 may be made to overlap -more or less,

I garment and any one of the buttons 8 secured in any one of the buttonholes 10, this adjustment being effected when the trunks are on the wearer, and pulling in the waist band of the trunks 2 to the desired extent.

This structurewhich has just been described may be duplicated upo'n the other side of the trunks, where this may be desired.

As before stated, the upper garment part which is indicated at 1 in the drawing may be worn with respect to the lower garment part 2 so that the skirt portion of the upper garment part l is either on the inside or on i the outside of the lower garment part 2.

If we assume that the upper garment part 1 is to have the` skirt portion upon the inside of the lower garment part 2, then when the wearer has put on the upper garment part 1 and the lower garment part 2 the slits 5 and 6 in the lower garment part 2'are brought in front of the straps 4 of the upper garment part 1, and the straps 4 are drawn through the slits 5 so that the straps 4 are in back of the straps 7. In order to retain the straps 4 in the position which has just been indicated, a belt or sash 12 is slipped through the straps 4 when they are drawn through the slits 5, and the belt or sash is successively passed through the straps 4 which are carried by the upper garment member 1, and then the ends of the belt may be fastened by means of a buckle 13 or otherwise as customary.

In this manner the two ment. are fastened or secured to each other, and 1n eiiect produce a one-piece garment, and where the garment is employed as an athletic garment it leaves perfectly free use of the body and limbs without interference or annoyancedue to any outside skirt of the upper garment.

parts of the gai'-,

as a bathing suit, and compliance with bathing beach or pool regulations require that a skirt be worn over the trunks of the bathing suit, then the upper garment part and the lower garment part when on the wearer are arranged to have the skirt of the upper garment part outside of the lower garment part. Under these circumstances the straps 7 are pulled through the slits 3 inthe upper garment part, both at the front and rear portions thereof, and when the straps 7 are so pulled through a belt or sash is slipped through the straps and the ends of the belt or sash fastened by means of a buckle, or otherwise, as before described. This, then, provides to all intents and purposes a onepiece garment with a skirt over the lower part of the garment.

It will be obvious that inasmuch as the two parts of the garment are secured together by means of the belt, or sash the belt or sash may be worn tight or loose, as may be desired, and if worn loose there is no danger of the-lower garment part dropping down because it is connected with and supported by the upper garment part.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that in this two-part garment I have provided a garment which may be worn as a one-piece garment, either with the skirt of the upper body portion upon the outside or upon the inside of the lower part of the garment, and that these parts of the garment may be readily attached or detached from each other, so that the garment may be worn in either fashion indicated.

Moreover, the appearance of the garment is enhanced by the use of a belt or sash, and the width of the belt or sash in engaging the straps, as before explained, forms an efficient securing means whichprevents undue sagging between the parts of the garments, even when they are wet.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A garment comprising two parts one of said parts being provided with a plurality of openings and strap-like members which cover said openings the other part of said garmenthaving a plurality .of openingsl adapted to register with openings in the first mentioned part and strap-like members which cover said openings, the strap-like members on either part being adapted to extend through the openings on the other part, and means adapted to engage said strap-like members when inserted through openings thereby to retain the said straplike members and to fasten the garment parts together.

2. A garment having an upper body part with a depending skirt portion, and a lower body part, one of said parts having a plurality of openings at approximately the waist line of said part, and a plurality of straps, each strap covering one of said openings,

the other of said parts having a plurality of openings at approximately the waist line of said part adapted to register with openings in the first mentioned part, and a plura ity of straps each of which straps covers one of the last mlentioned openings, the strap of either body part being adapted to extend through the openings in the other body part, and means adapted to engage the straps which extend through said openings thereby to fasten said garment parts together whereby the skirt portion of the upper body part may be Worn upon the inside or upon the'outside of the lower body part.

3. A garment having an upper body part with a depending skirt portion, and a lower body part, one of said parts having a plurality of openings at approximately the waist line of said part, and a plurality of straps, each strap covering one of said openings, the other of said parts having a plura ity of openings at approximately the waist line of said part adapted to register with openings in the first mentioned part, and a plurality of straps each of which straps covers one of the last mentioned openings, the straps of either body part being adapt/ed to extend through the openings in the other body part, and a belt adapted to passthrough the straps which extend through said openings thereby to fasten said parts together whereby the skirt portion of the upper body part may be worn upon the inside or upon -the outside of the lower body part of the garment.

4. A garment comprising a shirt part and pants part the said pants part at the waist line being provided with overlapping portions which may be adjustably secured to each other thereby to vary the size of thev `either of said parts being adapted to extend through the slits in the other of said parts, and a belt adapted to engage the said straps which extend through the said openings thereby to fasten said garment parts together.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my Signature HENRY KLEIN 

